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No. 821,514. PATENTED MAY 22, 1906.

A. LESLIE.

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APPLICATION FILED 1020.7, 1904.

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APPLICATION FILED DE(1.7. 1904.

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ALEXANDER LESLIE, OF WALKERVILLE, CANADA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- HALF TO GEORGE E. TIIOOMB, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

iratentecl lay 22, 1906.

'Application led December 7, 1904. Serial No. 235,863.

To all whom t may con/cern:

Be it known that I, ALEXANDER LESLIE, a sub'ect of the King of Great Britain and Ireland, residing at Walkerville, Ontario, Canada, have invented certain Improvements in Vessels, of which the Jollowingis a speci'lica tion.

The object of my invention is to so construct4 a vessel that cars can be run over the ,deck of the vessel and dumped directly into `2 with the track-sections in position over the hatchways, so that cars can be run over the same. Fig. 4 is an enlarged transverse section on the line 4 4, Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is an enlarged transverse section on the line 5 5, Fig. 3. Fig. 6 is a perspective view of one of the pivoted track-sections, and Figs. 7 and 8 are views of modiiications of the invention.

I have illustrated my invention in connection with a Steamship A, having a pilot-house (L at the bow and boiler and engine rooms a on each side at the stern. It will be understood, however, that my invention can be applied to any type of boat without departing from the main Jfeature oi the invention.

B is the hold of the vessel, extending in the present instance from a point directly back of the pilot-house to a point directly in front of the engine-room, and the hold is the full width of the vessel, giving the vessel a large capacity for storage of material.

b b are the ordinary transverse deck-beams spaced sufliciently apart to allow for the passage of buckets for the removal of material from the hold. In vessels of this type it is the common practice to use what is termed a clamshell bucket hung from a suitable crane-boom or overhead structure, the bucket being of such size as to readily pass between the transverse beams, so as to remove material from any portion of the hold.

In the present instance the engine-rooms a are situated on each side of the vessel so as to allow a clear deck-space for the tracks D D which extend from the stern of the vessel, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, to the edge of the hold, so that the vessel can be placed stern on against the wharf in line with tracks on the wharf and the cars can be transferred from tracks on the wharf' directly to tracks on the vessel.

E is a series of movable sections made up of beams E and cross members and having rails c, which when in position as shown in Fig. 3 aline with the rails of the tracks I) D, so that the cars can be moved from the tracks D onto the sect-ions E directly above the hold of the vessel. These sections are made open, as shown in Figs. 3,5, and 6, so that a car on the rails of the sections E can be discharged directly into the lxrzld o'l the vessel. In the present instance these sections E have arms e, which are pivoted at f to brackets F, se cured to the deck of the vessel and so proportioned that when. the sections E are thrown back, as in Fig. 4, the beams E and rails c are clear of the hold, so as to not interfere with the proper operation of the bucket when the material is to be removed from the hold of the vessel. It will be understood that the construction of these pivoted sections may be modified considerably without departing from my invention and that the vessel may be provided with a single track D, as shown in Fig. 7, instead of a double track, or the rails e2 e2 may be mounted in suitable slide* ways E2, as shown in Fig. S, instead of being pivoted, although I prefer the pivoted con struction, as it allows for the ready adjustment of the parts and gives freedom for the movement o'l' the removing-bucket.

Vhen the vessel is to be loaded with coal, ore, or other material, it is placed in a dock, so that the permanent tracks D on the vessel will aline with the tracks on the wharf. The frames E are placed in position, as shown in Figs. 3 and 5, so that the tracks will aline with the permanent tracks D. Then a train of cars is moved onto one or both of the tracks and their contents discharged by simply tripping the hopper-bottoms in the ordinary manner, allowing the material to drop from the cars directly into the hold of the vessel. When the cars are emptied, they are backed off the vessel again and other cars run on until the hold is filled. The frames E remain in position over the hold of the ves* sel until it is desired to remove the cargo.

VVlhen the vessel is en route, the hold is covered by any suitable covering, as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 5. I/Vhen the vessel reaches its destination, the covering is removed and the frames E are turned back on their pivots, as shown in Figs. 2 and 4, leaving the entire width of the hold open. The vessel is then placed in position at the wharf, so that a clam-shell-bucket elevator can be used to remove the cargo Jfrom the hold, the bucket being so proportioned as to readily pass between the deck-beams, `as mentioned above. After the cargo has been removed the frames E can be turned on their pivots, so as to rest upon the deck-beams, and the cover can be applied, or in the case of the vessel being used to convey other material to its original. port the frames E can be moved clear for the placing of material in the hold where it is not desired to reload the vessel from cars direct.

I claim as my inventionl. The combination of a vessel having a hold and having a series of transverse deckbeams with longitudinal rails mounted on s aid beams and extending to one end of the vessel, the space between the beams above the hold being open for the passage. of a bucket for removing material from the hold, substantially as described.

2. The combination of a vessel having a hold with a movable track extending over the hold and alining with a track on the deck of the vessel, said hold being open, when the track is moved, for the passage of a bucket for removing material from the hold, substantially as described.

3. The combination of. avessel having a hold for the storage of material, iixed tracks on the deck of the vessel, pivoted frames on which are mounted the movable tracks which aline with the xed tracks of the vessel, said movable tracks, when in line with the fixed tracks, extending over the hold of the vessel, substantially as described. n

4. The combination of a vessel having a hold-for the storage of material, two fixed tracks extending from one end of the vessel to the hold, two series of movable tracks pivoted to the deck of the vessel and arranged to either swing over the hold and in alinement with the iixed tracks, or to be thrown back clear of the hold and out of alinement with the fixed tracks, substantially as described.

5. The combination of a vessel having a hold,transverse deck-beams extending across the hold, pivoted frames having tracks thereon, said frames being pivoted to brackets on the deck of the vessel and arranged, when in alinement with the iixed tracks on the vessel, to rest upon the deck-beams, and, when thrown back, to be clear of the hold, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ALEXANDER LESLIE.

Witnesses:

H. L. MoDowELLfj J. H. COBURN. 

